Stormwater Basin Retrofit Archives - Ocean County Soil Conservation District

Planting Natives in Shemen Street Basin

July 6, 2022June 27, 2022 by Ocean County Soil Conservation District

This spring, staff from OCSCD, South Jersey Resource Conservation & Development Council, Camden County Soil Conservation District, and Freehold Soil Conservation District installed 1200 native landscape plugs in the Shemen Street basin in Lakewood Township as part of the Lakewood Township Stormwater Basin Retrofit Project.

Seeding Operation at FirstEnergy Park

June 8, 2022August 1, 2021 by Ocean County Soil Conservation District

Partners completed their first seeding operation at the FirstEnergy Park basin, home of the Lakewood Blue Claws. Native grasses were drilled into the basin using South Jersey Resource Conservation & Development Council’s newly purchased no-till Kasco Versa-Drill.